The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-05

Pickrcll.
And our heroine advanced gallant
ly to the rescue.
"Wh It can I show you?" she asked,
timidly, of the new customer.
"Silk, please" said the young
man.
And when Carry perceived that he
was considerably more embarrassed
than herself, she took courage.
"What color p said she.
81 don't know" answered the GUS
tomer-"that isl haven't quite
made up my mind. Perhaps you
could suggest"
"What is it for ?" Carry asked,
with mild toleration of his evident
bewilderment; and at the same time
she could not help pcrceiving that
he was very handsome, with wavy
black hair and dark, liquid eyes,
long lashes, and pleasant to look
upon.
"For dress"
"a dress? But is it for young
lady, or an old one?"
81 don't know" acknowledged the
gentleman "young-tlat is, not
old. She can't be over forty.-To
tell you the truth"-and he smiled
in spite of himself--"Ive never seen
the lady. But she is cousin of
mine, and | want to make her Il
present"
"Yes, understand" said Garry.
as it to be black Or colored ?"
"What would you advise ?" said
the stranger, blindly clutching at
Carry's feminine counsel as a ship
wrecked mariner may be expected
to cling to a floating spar.
"Black would perhaps be more
suitable, seeing that you don't know
the lady's age or complexion" re-
marked Carry.
"But blue and pink are such pret-
ty colors !" pleaded the dark-haired
young man, looking longingly at the
niles of lustrous fabrics on the
shelves.
"Ycs, said Carry, growing inter
ested but they are only suitable
for very few occasions, while black
is always appropriate"
81 thought that only old ladies
wore black silk ?"
"Young ladies do, also," calmly
asserted Carry.
"If you were selecting a dress,
said the stranger, in desperation
(which color would you choose ?"
II would choose seal brown" sale
Carry, after a second or two of de
liberation.
"Eh ? should you? Show mi
seal-brown then, please" said tn,
customer "It's II little grave, per
haps''-surveying the shining folds
''but its pretty, yes, it's very pretty
How many wards now does it tax,
for drcss?'
Il should think" said Garry, aite
second interval of reflection, tina
fifteen Yards might answer ifit wal
, economically cut"
; 81 don't know ANYTHING abou
economy" said the young man g
want good allowance"
, "Thcn | should recommend eigh
trcn yards" advised Carry.
, Cut me off eighteen yards" sale
the gentleman, promptly "and pu
in the Innings and trimmings and al
that sort Of thing, pleasc-youl
: know what | need, better than | d,
myself And l say
-. Sir ~ said Carry, us he hesitated
: Have you anything that woulC
make nice present for an old gen
tleman, do you Think"
"A silk neck mulilcr ?" suggested
Garry, her yes running across th'
shelves of the store, "or IL pair o
fur-lined gloves"
"Capitalw said the customer
"Put 'em both in the parcel"
Thank you sir said Carry
! "Whcre shall we send them?"
Nowhere" answered the custc
mer. "I'll take them along mysel
and then | shall be sure that thcr
is no mistake, I'm a thousand time
obliged to you miss I"
"Not in the least" said Carry
with dignity.
So the dark-eyed stranger with tn
fur-trimmed coat departed, and Mr.
! Pickrell praised the young shop gi
: for the good sale she had made.
you'll be a valuable hand i
time" said she. "Its isn't often W
, get chance to sell a silk patter
like that. Folks mostly 60 q
" Broadway for their expensive dres
es," she added, with sigh.
Carry was very tired when 81
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